[Premium-Rx] Re: Premium-Rx Digest, Vol 37, Issue 17

[Larry Gadallah]

On 1/20/06, premium-rx-request at ml.skirrow.org
<premium-rx-request at ml.skirrow.org> wrote:
> I don't know of a permanent coating that would deter chewers but this
> reminds me of something else.  An old CIA trick is Tabasco sauce.  No animal
> known will touch anything with Tabasco on it.  A popular dead drop was to
> use a defunct rat and stuff your papers or microfilm inside him, and throw
> him in the gutter at a strategic street corner.  Problem was, cats or other
> animals could run off with the rat carcass for a little snack.  Solution was
> to liberally slop the rat with Tabasco. Nothing would touch it after that.
> I have also found that Tabasco is useful for training dinner table dog
> beggars but I am not sure if PETA approves of that.
>
> Geoff
> WB6NVH

Hey Geoff:

Sorry, but reading your comments on Tabasco make me laugh out loud. We
have two large dogs that are not repelled by _anything_ we have tried
putting on an object, including Tabasco and various other varieties of
Capsacium-laced mixtures. Our vet just about fell over after coating
his hands in an expensive gel specially formulated to keep animals
from biting or licking and having our older dog lick it off like ice
cream.

The only thing I've found that even begins to repel them is lemon
juice, but it's not viscous enough to slather on to coax :-)

I'm a bit concerned about the whole business myself since I have a
long run of RG-8 laying on the ground in our backyard, which is
neither cleared nor gravelled.

Cheers,

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Larry Gadallah,
lgadallah AT gmail DOT com